Posted on 04/21/2017 7:48:58 AM PDT by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
I think He could. There's at least one passage that mentions that Jesus was out in the middle of a sea and then, instantly, he was on the other shore.
I'm not sure where it is, but it's in there somewhere.
I have thought about this myself. When we meet Helen Keller in heaven, will she be blind? Will those who have, for the glory of God, lived through pain and suffering, bear some mark of their affliction? Here’s what I think. We will, each of us, have our own distinctive crown of glory, and we will place them all at the feet of Jesus. As God is, himself, three distinct persons in one, we will join in the communion of saints each of us retaining our distinct personhood.
He kept His scars not from inability to heal them, but to wear them as an everlasting trophy of His victory.
Like many other people, I bear scars on my body. I would miss them if they were to disappear. The events which caused them are part of who I am; they themselves are reminders of where I've been, what I've done, and what it cost to do it. If my scars have limited value (and they do, to me at least) then surely Christ's scars have infinite value. To erase them would be wrong, and God by definition can do no wrong.
Also, the Transfiguration.
Because before His death and resurrection, Jesus did not act according to His own will, but in accordance with His Father's will (Phil. 2, among others). For example, His Father would tell Him to walk on the water, and give Him the authority over the water to do this. After the resurrection, Christ (re)gained all authority in heaven and on earth, and so could act miraculously at will.
“Thy will be done.”
Thanks for posting.
Then there was the Transfiguration too. Jesus could do what he wanted to do, such as he saw was appropriate at the time.
Resurrection means more than just making alive. Lazarus was made alive from the dead, but he had to die again to be resurrected into a glorified body for Heaven. This new body will be able to walk through walls, travel in space and time, along with never get old and die ever again. 1 Cor 15 speaks of what must happen at Resurrection to enter heaven. Zech 12:10 speaks of the Jews seeing the marks and repenting. Obviously Jesus could have made Himself a body of any sort he wanted, but the death, burial, and resurrection of The Begotten Son of God was a big deal and it should be commemorated. Everyone will know Jesus when they see Him and be reminded of just what He did for our sakes.
We, OTOH, can look like anyone. We will be known by our spirit. Someone eaten by a shark can appear as they did at any point in their life. The actual appearance of a resurrected body is less important than what it can do.
Peter described our flesh body as a "tent". It has been described other places as a Tabernacle, Temple, house, and even a clay pot. But when Jesus said, "In my Father's House there are many mansions, He wasn't speaking of large brick homes. We won't need a building with bricks and mortar because we will not sleep or need a place to rest. Jesus will shine like the Sun forever and no darkness will ever be in Heaven. The mansion reference points to what these new bodies can do compared to what we can do in the tent we have now.
One of the better verses speaking to what happens is Luke 20:36--nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Being "equal to angels" denotes many changes we have to look forward to in the resurrection. Forget the arguments on being fat, skinny, old or young, but look forward to a supernatural container to hold the spirit man you really are. It all goes back to Genesis and Adam being created in the image of God. God is One God in 3 parts. The Father was seen as a fire and pillar of smoke because we could not look upon His glory. Jesus was the flesh container of God while He dwelt among His people. He then sent His Spirit to live in our hearts as a down payment for our inheritance. It's all One God, but in 3 parts. We lost the Spirit in the Garden of Eden and could only reproduce flesh containers with a fallen soul and dead spirit. Jesus fixed all that and we will someday be able to walk and talk with God in the cool of the evening without death. That was God's aim from the beginning. We will be His people and He will be our God, finally!
If you look at the parable of the talents, the first 2 servants took what the master gave them and multiplied the investment to give to Christ. The third "servant"( this denotes he was a believer that took the same investment of blood given by the Master) and did nothing with it. It has nothing to do with glorifying ourselves, but glorifying the Father and Son while on Earth. We are all expected to do something with what was freely given to us, no matter what our station in life. This is NOT salvation by works, but works BECAUSE you are saved. We are His hands and feet while He is away and are expected to work as He worked to build the Kingdom. If you build your own Kingdom and neglect God's Kingdom, then you could be double minded.
Obviously, we all have different abilities to accomplish these actions. The first servant was given 5 talents and gained 5 more. This denotes He was equipped to spread the gospel effectively, such as maybe a preacher or missionary. The second received 2 and gained 2. This is a respectable gain for one that follows the Spirit. But the third servant was given one and only needed one to make the Master a return. He did nothing and gave back what was freely given to him. Everyone is capable of glorifying Jesus in some way. Being blind and cripple doesn't keep you from glorifying God. A couple of examples might be "Nick" Vujicic, or Joni Eareckson Tada. If your heart pushes you to serve Jesus, He will open doors for you and reward you for being available. It's the ones that say they weren't made a preacher or have no talents for speaking that disappoints God. If you are saved, you have a testimony and should be able to give it. We have family members that don't even know if we are saved because we never open our mouths or even do a good work to glorify God. If people you know don't know you are saved,you might check your dipstick for the "oil" level.
The Truth is, we do what we want to do. If we don't give glory to God, it's because we really don't want to in our hearts. There is always a motivating factor in everything we do. If we go fishing on Sunday morning, it's because we wanted to fish more than be in God's presence.
Thanks.
If you mean to say that Jesus’ wounds will be healed in heaven, because there will be no death sickness there, and that Jesus only had those wounds during his short stay on earth prior to ascending into heaven, fine. I can go along with that. If you mean to say that Jesus’ wounds will not be healed in heaven, but eveybody else’s will. Fine, I can also go along with that. Basically, I’m o.k. with whatever is God’s plan.
In this life, we need faith and hope. But, in the next life, when we know, we will only need love.
Now, as to where God is on Sunday morning, is he in church or is he at a fishing hole, I’m going along with Jesus. He had a kind of relaxed attitude regarding the Sabbath. I realize, he got in trouble with the Pharisees regarding this.
But, if we’re going to be sticklers, the commandment regarding the Sabbath isn’t to go to church, but is to rest. Six days you shall work and do all your labor, and on the seventh day you will rest. It is instructive that many times we find Jesus at the Temple or in a local synagogue on the Sabbath. So, going to church on Sunday is following Jesus’ example, and is a good thing. But, I wouldn’t necessarily put down going fishing.
As you yourself say, we are all called up to be fishers. Fishers of men. The church, after all, isn’t a building, but is us.
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I seriously doubt it.
And what form will all the aborted babies have?
This is not a novel question. Theologists have grappled with it long before there were elective abortions because of spontaneous abortions, still births and deaths of innocent babies. There is no definitive answer and about this we must put our trust in God.
“This is not a novel question. Theologists have grappled with it..”
Right. I was a seminary student in the ‘60s and that was one of the big discussions when everyone was sitting around the dorms brainstorming. Kent State was having riots. We were discussing the form of our Heavenly bodies.
” Kent State was having riots. We were discussing the form of our Heavenly bodies.”
I have to suppose that you spent your time much more wisely than the mind-numbed robots of the left.
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